Mead is the only term I use, that's what it is.
For those who don't know what it is, I tell them... "It's fermented Honey".
As far as I'm concerned (Stubborn Revisited); Using a term to discribe something or to mean something other then its intended use, serves only to muddy the water, making it difficult to be clear and exact.
Wine is A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
Beer is A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
Mead is A fermented drink made of water and honey with yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
To brew is To boil or seethe; to cook. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.
By Definition; mead is neither beer nor wine, and it needn't be brewed.
Anthony
This is my opinion, I understand not everyone thinks this way. It's the way I see it.